Ὑπερίων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπέρ (hupér, “above”) +‎ -ῑ́ων (-ī́ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pe.rǐː.ɔːn/ → /y.peˈri.on/ → /i.peˈri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pe.rǐː.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.peˈri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.peˈri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.peˈri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.peˈri.on/

Proper noun

Ῠ̔περῑ́ων • (Huperī́ōn) m (genitive Ῠ̔περῑ́ωνος); third declension

1. Hyperion

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ῠ̔περῑ́ων; τοῦ Ῠ̔περῑ́ωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔περῑ́ων ho Huperī́ōn
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔περῑ́ωνος toû Huperī́ōnos
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔περῑ́ωνῐ tôi Huperī́ōni
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔περῑ́ωνᾰ tòn Huperī́ōna
Vocative	Ῠ̔περῑ́ων Huperī́ōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Υπερίων (Yperíon)
• Latin: Hyperīōn

References

• “Ὑπερίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ὑπερίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ὑπερίων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Ὑπερίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette